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>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: HELLO, HELLO, HELLO EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. WELCOME TO THE NOVEMBER 14TH, MUNICIPAL COURT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING. THE TIME IS 1:03 P.M. AND WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: WONDERFUL. THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MAY 24TH, 2023 MEETING.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOWING FOR APPROVAL. MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? THANK YOU.
ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE? AYE. ALL OPPOSED? MINUTES ARE APPROVED. ITEM 2 IS PUBLIC COMMENT. MADAM CLERK DO WE HAVE ANY
SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? >> WE HAVE NO MEMBER OF THE
PUBLIC SIGNED ESPECIALLY TO SPEAK. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: SOUNDS GOOD. I'LL HAND IT OVER TO JUDGE CARLA FOR HER PRESENTATION.
I'LL START OFF BY SAYING THAT I'M SO EXCITED TO BE CHAIRING THE NEWLY EXPANDED MUNICIPAL COURT ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND TO WELCOME THE NEW MEMBERS, COUNCILMAN CASTILLO, COUNCILMAN APPROXIMATE PELÁEZ ANDLESS WELCOME BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER HAVRDA. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF ARE RESIDENTS WHO INTERACT WITH OUR COURT SYSTEM AND IT CAN BE AN EXTREMELY STRESSFUL TIME SO IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO EVALUATE THE COURT'S ROLE AND THE JUSTICE SYSTEM PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE WORK THAT THE JUDGES ARE DOING AND EVALUATE THE WORK THAT THE TEAM IS DOING THAT THE TEAM IS DOING MUNICIPAL COURT YEAR-ROUND.
THIS MEETING WILL HAVE SEVERAL OF OUR JUDGES PRESENT.
I THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. THE NEXT MEETING HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET TO MEET THE REST. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. JUDGE OBLEDO, I APPRECIATE
YOU BEING HERE. >> FIRST WE HAVE JUDGE MELANIE CASTILLO STANDING RIGHT HERE. DID YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS?
>> HI. GOOD AFTERNOON. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE ON THE MUNICIPAL COURT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS MELLY CASTILLO AND I SERVE AS A JUDGE OVER AT YOUR CITY OF SAN ANTONIO MUNICIPAL COURT.
I PRIMARILY OVERSEE THE TRIAL DOCKET SO ANY INDIVIDUAL THAT PLEADS NOT GUILTY AND REQUESTS A TRIAL SETTING WE'LL SET THEM FOR A PRE-TILE WHERE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE, AS WELL AS A TRIAL SETTING. WE GET A NUMBER OF PRO SE LITIGANTS SO ONE OF OUR TOP PRIORITY IS ENSURING THAT PRIORITY IS ENSURING THAT PRO SE LITIGANTS HAVE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO SUCCESSFULLY MOVE FORWARD WITH TRIAL. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT WE'LL HANDLE SOME ARRAIGNMENT DOCKETS AS WELL AS OUR MAGISTRATE DUTIES. NICE TO SEE EVERYBODY.
>> WE ALSO HAVE JUDGE YVONNE GÓMEZ WITH US. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR INVITING US TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY. MY DUTIES PRIMARILY ARE DOING THE ARRAIGNMENT AND I ALSO DO MAGISTRATION. I AM THE FALL BACK JUDGE FOR WHENEVER ANYBODY NEEDS A BREAK. I DO THE JUVENILE COURT, I DO THE COMMUNITY COURTS DOCKETS. AGAIN THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.
>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU. >> AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE
JUDGE LISA GONZÁLEZ TO YOU. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS LISA GONZÁLEZ.
I AM THE JUDGE THAT HANDLES THE ANIMAL DOCKET, SO THE CIVIL CASES AND THE CRIMINAL CASES. I ALSO DO THE DPS SUSPENSION HEARINGS, AND LET'S SEE, I DO THE QUALITY OF LIFE DOCKET. SO QUALITY OF LIFE IS BASICALLY THE CASES THAT ARE NOT TRAFFIC CASES. SO THOSE WOULD BE THEFT UNDER 100, PUBLIC INTOXICATION, THOSE TYPE OF CASES.
WE HAVE A TRIAL DOCKET FOR THOSE AS WELL. IN ADDITION TO THAT I DO THE LICENSE AND WEIGHT DOCKET, WHICH IS THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.
THERE IS A TEAM ON SAPD THAT INSPECTS ACCORDING TO DOT STANDARDS THE 18-WHEELERS, SO I'M THE ONE THAT HANDLES THAT DOCKET IF THEY ARE CITED.
LET'S SEE, SO I DO ANIMAL, QUALITY OF LIFE, LICENSE AND WEIGHT, DPS.
I DO A REGULAR ROTATION IN MAGAZINES, MAGISTRATE COURT, AND I AM ALSO ONE OF THE BACKUPS FOR ARRAIGNMENT IF ANYBODY NEEDS -- IF ANYBODY IS ON A DAY OFF OR NEEDS A BREAK I WILL HELP WITH ARRAIGNMENT AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR INVITING US.
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>> I'M GOING IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER. NEXT WE HAVE JUDGE DAN
CASAN. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS DAN CASAN, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE. I'VE BEEN A JUDGE SINCE 2006.
I LOVE MY JOB. IT'S WHAT I'M MEANT TO DO AND I'M SO HAPPY THERE.
I'M PRIMARILY THE ARRAIGNMENT JUDGE. I'M ALSO PROUD TO PRESIDE OVER THE SA ROAD READY DOCKET FOR SENT TO 24-YEAR-OLDS THAT WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO GET A DRIVER'S LICENSE AND IT'S BEEN A FUN DOCKET AND IT ALSO HAS SOCIAL SERVICES AND MAYBE HELPING THEM WITH THAT.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE THE MEETING WITH YOU AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO MEETING WITH YOU MORE IN THE FUTURE. >> AND LAST, BUT NOT LEAST
IS MIKE RAMOS. HE'S OUR MAGISTRATE JUDGE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE. MY NAME IS MICHAEL RAMOS.
I'M WITH THE MAGISTRATE OFFICE. WHAT I DO IS I REVIEW ALL THE CASES AN DETERMINE WHICH IS PROBABLE CAUSE. WHERE I'M AT THE TIME THAT I'M THERE THERE'S NO ADA THERE SO I ACTUALLY REVIEW THE OFFICERS' REPORT, DETERMINE IF THERE'S A PROBABLE CAUSE BEFORE THEY LEAVE SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK. IF THERE ARE SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE IN THAT POINT WE WILL TALK TO THE INDIVIDUALS AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT THEY'RE CHARGED WITH, WHAT THEIR RIGHTS ARE AND IF THEY WANT TO APPLY FOR A COURT-APPOINTED LAWYER.
I ALSO DO BLOOD WARRANTS, SEARCH WARRANTS, ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANTS FOR THE CITY AS WELL AS WARRANTS FOR THE ACS, WHICH ARE CRUELTY TO ANIMAL CASES AS WELL AS THERE'S A DOG BITE CASES THAT I REVIEW TO DETERMINE IF THERE'S PROBABLE CAUSE TO HAVE THE DOG BROUGHT INTO CUSTODY. THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT I DO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US. >> AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, ADA IS AN ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY SO THERE IS AN ASSISTANT BEXAR COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY AT THE MAGISTRATE OFFICE WHO HELPS REVIEW POLICE REPORTS PRIOR TO ONE OF THE JUDGES SEEING IT. AND THERE'S USUALLY ONE THERE MOST SHIFTS WITH THE EXEMPTION OF THE DAY SHIFT MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
CHAIR, SHOULD I GET STARTED? >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ:
ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. >> SO BEFORE I GET STARTED, WE DID PROVIDE A NOTEBOOK WITH YOU. IT CONTAINS A PHOTO OF ALL THE JUDGES AS WELL AS SOME INFORMATION, A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT. I'M ALSO WORKING ON PROVIDING A MORE DETAILED ONE-PAGE DOCUMENT FOR EACH SPECIALTY COURT THAT WE HAVE THERE.
SO THAT IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. THERE'S ALSO SOME OTHER INFORMATION IN THERE. THERE'S A PARENT-TEEN DRIVER SAFETY FIRST DRIVING CONTRACT. THERE'S ALSO THE APPLICATION FOR THE FULL-TIME JUDGES AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE WHILE AS WELL. BUT LET ME GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. SO THIS IS A FAIRLY NEW MISSION STATEMENT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN WE CREATED THIS NEW MISSION STATEMENT AND I THOUGHT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT, WAS TO INCLUDE SOMETHING ABOUT HOW WE ARE ONE OF THE VERY -- PROBABLY THE ONLY LARGE VOLUME COURT IN TEXAS THAT HAS A DAILY WALK-IN DOCKET. I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY OTHER LARGE VOLUME COURT IN TEXAS THAT HAS A DAILY WALK-IN DOCKET. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS IF SOMEBODY COMES TO COURT AND WANTS TO SEE A JUDGE, THEY'RE ABLE TO SEE A JUDGE RIGHT THEN AND THERE. THEY DON'T GET RESCHEDULED FOR ANOTHER DAY UNLESS THEY'RE ON A SPECIALTY DOC. IF THEY'RE IN WARRANTS THEY USUALLY LEAVE WITHOUT A WARRANT AND OTHER LARGE VOLUME COURTS AND IN OTHER COURTS THROUGHOUT TEXAS IF THEY HAVE A WARRANT THEN THEY ARE RESCHEDULED TO COME BACK, BUT THE WARRANT STANDS UNTIL THEIR NEXT COURT DATE. SO WE ARE ONE OF THE FEW LARGE VOLUME DOCKET COURTS THAT HAS A DAILY WALK-IN DOCKET.
THE OTHER THING I WANTED OUR MISSION STATEMENT TO ENCOMPASS IS BACK IN 2021 WE DID HAVE A COURT USER SURVEY AND IT RAN FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS AND THEY ASKED COURT USERS ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH MUNICIPAL COURT, AND IT'S A PRETTY LENGTHY REPORT AND I KNOW I'VE PROVIDED IT TO SOME OF YOU BACK IN 2021, BUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPLIMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED WAS THAT PEOPLE FELT LIKE WE EXPECTED THEIR TIME.
WHICH I THOUGHT WAS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT PEOPLE TO COME IN AND SIT AROUND FOR HOURS AND FEEL LIKE WE'RE JUST WASTING THEIR TIME.
SO I WAS VERY, VERY PROUD THAT OUR JUDGES AND STAFF ARE WORKING VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY FEELS LIKE WE ARE RESPECTING THEIR TIME.
SO THE SAN ANTONIO COURT IS A COURT OF PROCEEDING. AND BECAUSE WE ARE A COURT OF RECORD THAT MEANS ALL THE JUDGES ARE REQUIRED TO BE LICENSED ATTORNEYS.
AS YOU KNOW, WE DO SERVE A AS THE JUDICIAL BRANCH FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND
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WE HAVE JURISDICTION OVER CLASS C MISDEMEANORS. CLASS C MISDEMEANORS ARE ESTABLISHED BY STATE LAW OR CITY ORDINANCE. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WITHIN THE RANGE OF PUNISHMENT THERE'S NO INCARCERATION, WHICH IS PART OF THE RANGE OF PUNISHMENT, SO THEY ARE JUST -- THEY ARE ONLY CLASS C MISDEMEANORS, FILED AS ONLY CLASS C MISDEMEANORS. AND AS I MENTIONED THERE ARE FEW VERY COURTS IN TEXAS THAT ARE COURTS OF RECORD. THE MAJORITY OF THE COURTS, MUNICIPAL COURTS IN TEXAS, ARE NON-RECORD COURTS. THE JUDGES AND MAGISTRATES ARE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. I AM APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL AS WELL. THE JUDGES AND THE PRESIDING JUDGE OR TWO-YEAR STAGGERED TERMS. SO I WAS APPOINTED EARLIER THIS YEAR.THE JUDGES WILL BE UP FOR REAPPOINTMENT NEXT YEAR, THE END OF THEIR TERM IS ON APRIL 30TH. THEY THEIR DUTIES ARE SET FORTH BY CITY ORDINANCE, CITY CHARTER AND THE COURT OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURES. ALL MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES AT THE SAN ANTONIO MUNICIPAL COURT ARE ALSO SERVE AS MAGISTRATES.
THEY MUST BE U.S. CITIZENS, THEY ARE LICENSED ATTORNEYS.
THEY MUST BE LICENSED ATTORNEYS IN GOOD STANDING, MUST HAVE TWO OR MORE YEARS PRACTICING LAW IN TEXAS AND MUST HAVE THREE OR MORE YEARS OF RESIDENCY IN THE CITY. I'VE INCLUDED A COPY OF THE APPLICATION THAT THEY FILL OUT WHICH CONTAINS THE JOB REQUIREMENTS. I DID WORK WITH A COUNCILWOMAN LAST YEAR IN MAKING CHANGES TO THE PRESIDING JUDGE'S APPLICATION SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON CHANGES TO THE FULL-TIME JUDGES' APPLICATION AS WELL, BUT I DID PROVIDE THAT TO YOU SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. SO WITH THE CRIMINAL HEARINGS, THE MAJORITY OF CASES THAT WE SEE ARE AT MUNICIPAL COURT ARE TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS, BUT WE ARE MUCH, MUCH MORE THAN A TRAFFIC TICKET COURT. WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF SPECIALTY COURTS WHICH I WILL BE GETTING INTO A LITTLE BIT LATER.
BUT WE HAVE THOSE SPECIALTY COURTS TO ADDRESS THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE CHARGED WITH CERTAIN OFFENSES. SO WE JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COURT, A QUALITY OF LIFE COURT, AN ANIMAL COURT, A COURT THAT SPECIFICALLY HANDLES CITY CODE VIOLATIONS.
BUT AGAIN, THE MAJORITY OF THE CASES THAT WE DO SEE, CRIMINAL CASES THAT WE DO SEE AT MUNICIPAL COURT ARE TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. WE -- MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES DO HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO PRESIDE OVER CIVIL HEARINGS AND THOSE ARE RELATED TO ANIMAL CASES, AGGRESSIVE DOG APPEALS, FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH DANGEROUS DOG OWNER REQUIREMENTS, BODILY INJURY HEARINGS, AND CRUELTY HEARINGS.
WE ARE -- WE COMMUNICATE PRETTY REGULARLY WITH ACS AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE CASES ARE HEARD TIMELY.
AS JUDGE RAMOS MENTIONED EARLIER, WE DO HAVE A MAGISTRATE ON DUTY 24/7 TO SIGN A SEIZURE WARRANT AND JUDGE GONZÁLEZ IS AVAILABLE -- YOU KNOW, YOU COULD PRETTY MUCH CALL HER AT ANY TIME IF ANYBODY HAS A QUESTION ABOUT WHEN AN ANIMAL HEARING SHOULD BE SET OR ANY OTHER QUESTION RELATED TO AN ANIMAL CASE.
SHE IS AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
WE ALSO DO HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING OFFICER'S WHO HANDLE CIVIL CASES RELATED TO CERTAIN CODE COMPLIANCE CASES AND CERTAIN ANIMAL CASES.
THOSE CASES THAT ARE FILED CIVILLY -- LET ME STEP BACK.
ACS OFFICERS AND CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAVE THE DISCRETION ON WHETHER THEY CAN FILE THOSE CASES CIVILLY OR CRIMINALLY SO THEY'RE THE ONES THAT DO DECIDE WHICH ROUTE THOSE CASES ARE GOING TO TAKE. I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE ARE SEEING FEWER ANIMAL CASES ACROSS THE BOARD BEING FILED CIVILLY.
I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBERS, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THOSE CASES, ANIMAL CASES, ARE BEING FILED CRIMINALLY NOW. THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING OFFICERS DO NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ISSUE WARRANTS TO ENFORCE THEIR ORDERS.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE COURT SERVICES WE HAVE. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE A DAILY APPEARANCE DOCKET. WE ALSO HAVE A CALL CENTER, EMAIL CENTER. THESE WERE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE IMPLEMENTED DURING COVID AND SO THEY'VE BEEN BENEFICIAL SO WE'VE JUST CONTINUED WITH THOSE SERVICES SINCE OUR CITY IS GROWING AND WE ARE JUST REALLY, REALLY TRYING TO MAKE THE COURT AS ACCESSIBLE TO EVERY AREA OF TOWN AS POSSIBLE.
WE ARE ENHANCING AND IMPROVING OUR ONLINE SERVICES AND WE ARE ALSO ENHANCING AND IMPROVING OUR ELECTRONIC MESSAGING COMMUNICATIONS WITH
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INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE CITATIONS PENDING AT MUNICIPAL COURT.ONE OTHER THING, WE ALSO DO HAVE A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS.
WE TRY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO CONDUCT EVERY HEARING AND TRIAL IN-PERSON, BUT IF A PERSON NEEDS A VIRTUAL HEARING, WE DO ACCOMMODATE THEM IF THEY DO NEED A VIRTUAL HEARING. AND THEN AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THESE ARE SOME OF OUR SPECIALTY DOCKETS. I BELIEVE THAT IS ALL OF THEM, THE ANIMAL, COMMUNITY COURT. WE DO HAVE A MONTHLY COMMUNITY COURT THAT WE DO IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BEXAR COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS THAT ALSO HAVE -- THAT ARE ALSO ANSWERING TO CASES OVER AT COUNTY COURT OR DISTRICT COURT SO WE WORK WITH THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO TRY TO RUN THEIR CASES CONCURRENTLY. ONE THING I DID WANT TO MENTION IS THAT THERE IS SOME ACCOUNTABILITY TO THOSE CASES. I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THESE INDIVIDUALS DON'T HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES, BUT THERE IS SOME ACCOUNTABILITY ON THESE CASES. WE'RE WORKING WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE ENGAGED IN SOME SORT OF COUNSELING, TREATMENT, JOB TRAINING. WE WANT TO SEE SOME SORT OF MOVEMENT THAT THERE IS -- THAT THEIR TAKING STEPS TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY. WE ALSO RUN A 24/7 MAGISTRATE COURT, AS JUDGE RAMOS AS I MENTIONED, HE IS OUR DAY MAGISTRATE.
WE HAVE OUR FULL-TIME JUDGES WHO DO A ROTATION THROUGH MAGISTRATE COURT AS WELL.
WE MAKE A FINDING OF PROBABLE CAUSE ON ANY ON-SITE ARREST FROM SAPD, PARK POLICE, AIRPORT POLICE AND DPS. SO THEY WILL PROVIDE A REPORT. THE JUDGE MAKES A FINDING OF PROBABLE CAUSE.
IF THE JUDGE DETERMINES THAT THERE IS ENOUGH EVIDENCE IN THE REPORT TO CONTINUE TO DETAIN THE PERSON, THAT PERSON ON A CLASS B MISDEMEANOR OR ABOVE, WILL BE COMMITTED TO THE BEXAR COUNTY JAIL WHERE YOU HAVE TO POST BOND.
IN 2021 WE WERE DESIGNATED A JUVENILE PROCESSING CENTER. WHAT THAT MEANS IS IT'S TYPICALLY SAPD, IF THEY HAVE ANY JUVENILE INDIVIDUALS WHO THEY ARE REQUESTING A STATEMENT FROM, BRING THEM TO OUR FACILITY, WE ADMONISH THE JUVENILE AND IT'S A WHOLE LENGTHY PROCESS, BUT ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IS WE NEEDED TO BE DESIGNATED A JUVENILE PROCESSING CENTER, SO WE DO HAVE THAT DESIGNATION.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE MAGISTRATE RESPONSIBILITIES.
AS I MENTIONED, ALL MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES ALSO SERVE AS MAGISTRATES.
WE DO HAVE NINE PART-TIME JUDGES WHO TYPICALLY SERVE AS MAGISTRATES.
AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE WARRANTS, JUST DIFFERENT TYPES OF WRITS THAT THEY SEE. THE MAJORITY OF WHAT THE JUDGES SIGN WOULD BE THE BLOOD DRAW WARRANTS AND THE ORDERS FOR EMERGENCY PROTECTION.
THERE'S ALSO A MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION. THE OFFICERS WILL ASK THE PERSON THAT IS ARRESTED CERTAIN QUESTIONS AND THEN WE WOULD MAKE A MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION TO DETERMINE IF THEY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL EVALUATION, WHICH IS DONE OVER AT THE COUNTY FACILITY. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO HIGHLIGHT THE COURT'S PROACTIVE EFFORTS TO CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE PICTURES THAT -- PHOTOS OF EVENTS THAT THE JUDGES HAVE PARTICIPATED IN JUST SINCE OCTO. SO THROUGH A RANGE OF INITIATIVES, INCLUDING TOWN HALL MEETINGS, CAREER DAYS, SAFE DRIVING EVENTS AND MONTHLY CAMPAIGNS, THE COURT IS STEPPING OUT TO ENGAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITY ON MULTIPLE FRONTS.
WE WANT TO SERVE AS AN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE THAT EMPOWERS INDIVIDUALS TO UNDERSTAND OUR LAWS AND UP HOLD THEM, WHETHER IT'S PROMOTING SAFE DRIVING PRACTICES, RECOGNIZING SPAY, NEUTER AWARENESS MONTH OR EDUCATING STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES ON THE BENEFITS OF REGULAR SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, WE ARE WORKING TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN THE COURT AND OUR COMMUNITY. AT THE HEART OF THESE EFFORTS IS A SHARED COMMITMENT TO PROMOTING PUBLIC SAFETY.
WE FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT BY EDUCATING AND EMPOWERING THE COMMUNITY WE CONTRIBUTE TO A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL. THANK YOU. WE CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF
YOU HAVE ANY. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS APPOINTED CHAIR, THE FIRST THING THAT I DID WAS GOOGLE WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN MUNICIPAL COURTS IN OTHER CITIES IN THE COUNTRY AND OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WERE BEING MAINTAINED AND EVALUATED THAT. AND OUR MUNICIPAL COURT SYSTEM, AND I CAN SAY THAT WE HAVE A VERY FANTASTIC ONE AND YOU'VE WON NUMEROUS
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AWARD AND THERE WILL BE PLENTY MORE. I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO AND I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THIS MORE INTIMATE TIME WITH YOU ALL MONTHLY. FOR THIS PARTICULAR MEETING I'LL BE LOOKING FOR A CUE, AND I WOULD ASK THAT COMMITTEE MEMBERS KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS NOT A HOT SEAT RIGHT NOW. IN THE FUTURE WE'LL HAVE MORE IN-DEPTH CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DIFFERENT DOCKETS AND EVEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR CASE STUDIES AND WHATNOT.AND I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO SCHEDULE IN THE CLASSROOM WE CALL THEM OBSERVATIONS.
NOT ONOBSERVATION FOR YOU ALL, BUT WOULD LOVE TO COME OVER, WE'LL SAY THAT.
COUNCILWOMAN GAVITO? >> GAVITO: YES. AND CHAIR, JUST TO MAKE SURE, THIS IS ABOUT THE ANIMAL ONE, RIGHT, THAT YOU WANTED ME TO MENTION?
OR JUST IN GENERAL? >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THIS ONE IS GENERAL.
>> GAVITO: I DIDN'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I THANK YOU FOR Y'ALL'S TIME ON THE -- ON THE OVERVIEW. I KNOW THAT WE SPENT SOME TIME TOGETHER SO I'M REALLY
LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS. >> THANK YOU. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK
YOU. COUNCILWOMAN HAVRDA. >> HAVRDA: THANK YOU, JUDGE, AND ALL THE MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO MUNICIPAL COURT LAST WEEK, BUT I PRACTICE IN YOUR COURT AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN VERY EFFICIENT AND EXPEDIENT FOR THE CLIENT. THE MAIN THING I WANTED TO SAY TODAY WAS HOW -- I KNOW Y'ALL GET AWARDS AND RECOGNITION, BUT I WOULD LIKE JUST A REGULAR SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC TO KNOW HOW MUCH YOU HAVE DONE, JUDGE OBLEDO SPECIFICALLY IN THE PANDEMIC FOR FOLKS TO MAKE SURE TO GET THEIR BUSINESS DONE WITH THE COURTS, GOING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.
I KNOW YOU HAD A FEW PICTURES HERE, BUT IT'S SO MUCH MORE THAN SETTING UP A BOOTH AT COMMUNITY EVENTS, ALTHOUGH THIS WAS REALLY HELPFUL.
WHEN YOU'RE AT THOSE EVENTS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO HELP.
NOW A PARKING LOT, RIGHT, YOU'RE DOING WHAT YOU CAN. SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT OUR MUNICIPAL COURT SYSTEM HERE IN SAN ANTONIO IS FAR AND AWAY DOING A GOOD JOB. I WOULDN'T SAY A BETTER JOB, BUT I'M GOING TO CLAIM IT, DOING A FANTASTIC, BETTER JOB THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE UNIVERSE BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND HELP PEOPLE TO RESOLVE THEIR TICKETS, THEIR ISSUES, WHATEVER IT IS. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE AS GOVERNMENT ALWAYS HAVE TO DO BETTER AT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE VERY BUSY WORKING AND THEY'RE RAISING THEIR FAMILIES AND THEY WANT TO TAKE CARE OF THESE THINGS, THEY HAVE EVERY INTENTION TO, BUT IT'S HARD TO TAKE OFF WORK OR WHATEVER IT IS.
SO I DO REALLY DO APPRECIATE ALL THE EXTRA HOURS YOU PUT IN OUTSIDE OF THE MUNICIPAL
COURT BUILDING ITSELF. THANK YOU. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK
YOU. COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR BEING AT THE PRE-K FOR SA EVENT OVER IN DISTRICT 5 AS WELL AS COUNCILWOMAN'S HAVRDA'S TEAM WAS THERE AS WELL.
I NOTICED THAT SLIDE 11 YOU MENTIONED ORDINARYING MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATIONS.
CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND IF THERE IS AN ORDER FOR A MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT OVER AT THE COUNTY JAIL THEN THEY'LL TAKE ON THE INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY DESIGNATION AND/OR TESTING. IS IT PRIORITIZED IF IT IS RECOMMENDED FROM MUNICIPAL COURT? OR IS IT GETTING IN THE QUEUE JUST LIKE ANY OTHER TEST THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN?
>> COUNCILWOMAN, I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU ON THAT.
I REALLY DON'T KNOW. I KNOW THAT IT GOES WITH ALL THE PAPERWORK OVER TO THE COUNTY. THERE IS A PACKET OF PAPERWORK THAT GOES OVER TO THE COUNTY. WHAT HAPPENS TO IT OVER THERE I JUST DON'T KNOW.
>> CASTILLO: OKAY. I ASK BECAUSE WE HAD AN INSTANCE WITH A THE CITY AND WE WORKED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER TO ORDER A MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION AND OUR UNDERSTANDING WITH SPEAKING TO ONE OF THE ATTORNEYS IS IT COULD TAKE TWO TO THREE YEARS. I WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE CONNECTION AND HOW THAT WORKS. THROUGH THE ADVOCACY OF WORKING WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER WE'RE ABLE TO GET IT DONE IN A VERY QUICK TIME FRAME. OUR UNDERSTANDING WAS IT'S NOT TYPICALLY THAT QUICK, SO I APPRECIATE THAT. I KNOW WITH THE -- ONE OF THE SPECIALTY COURTS IN THE PACKET THAT YOU GAVE US, IT WAS VERY HELPFUL, THANK YOU, I WAS LOOKING AT THE COMMUNITY COURT -- WHICH ONE? THE COMMUNITY COURT HANDOUT THAT YOU GAVE US, AND THERE'S ONE THAT MENTIONED HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS CAN GET CAUGHT IN A REVOLVING DOOR OF ARRESTS. CAN YOU HELP JUST BRIEFLY WALK ME THROUGH THAT COMMUNITY COURT AND WITH UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS, WHAT DOES THAT PROJECT LOOK LIKE WITH CONNECTING THEM TO SERVICES?
>> WHAT WE DO IS WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL AGENCIES HERE IN TOWN.
SO SOME OF THEM ARE PRESENT AT THE DOCKET THAT WE HAVE ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT IS HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS AWARENESS MONTH -- WEEK, WE
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DO HAVE A DOCKET HAPPENING EVERYDAY. AND AS I MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE A COLLABORATION WITH THE BEXAR COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THAT IF THEY COME ACROSS ANY INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE OUTSTANDING CITATIONS, THEY'RE COMING IN WITH THEM ALONG WITH ANY COUNSELORS OR AGENCY PERSONNEL THAT ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO TALK TO THE JUDGE ABOUT IT. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING ANY SPECIFIC NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE. AND IN THE PAST WHEN I FIRST STARTED AS A MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE, WHAT WAS HAPPENING IS THAT A LOT OF HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS WERE GETTING TICKETS. WE WERE ISSUING WARRANTS FOR THEIR ARREST, THEY WERE GETTING ARRESTED, YOU KNOW, TIME SERVED, GETTING BACK OW PICKING UP MORE TICKETS. SO IT WAS KIND OF A REVOLVING DOOR AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO STOP. RIGHT NOW WE ARE NOT ISSUING WARRANTS FOR HOMELESS, UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS. THERE ARE SPECIFIC ADDRESSES, LIKE IF THEY HAVE HAVEN FOR HOPE ADDRESS, CERTAIN ADDRESSES THEY HAVE ON THEIR FILES, THEN WE ARE NOT ISSUING WARRANTS FOR THEIR ARREST RIGHT NOW.>> CASTILLO: THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I ASKED NHSD A QUESTION YESTERDAY. WITH THE NO TRESPASSING AFFIDAVITS THAT ARE SIGNED, DO THOSE GO TO MUNICIPAL RE DO THOSE GET DOCUMENTED?
>> MOST OF THOSE ARE CLASS B MISDEMEANORS OR ABOVE. >> SO YOU ALL WOULDN'T HAVE
THAT DATA OF HOW MANY AND THE LOCATIONS? >> NO.
>> CASTILLO: OKAY. THAT'S HELPFUL. AND MY LAST QUESTION IS WITH THE ISSUING OF A CITATION, WHETHER IT'S ACS OR CODE COMPLIANCE, WHAT IS THE PROCESS OF THAT INFORMATION BEING TRANSFERRED TO MUNICIPAL COURT? SO CODE COMPLIANCE GOES TO MY HOUSE, GIVES ME A TICKET.
HOW QUICK IS IT IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT SYSTEM FOR ME TO BE NOTIFIED AND/OR SHOW UP TO MUNICIPAL COURT TO CHECK TO SEE IF I HAVE A TICKET?
>> CAN I HAVE FRED GARCIA ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR YOU?
>> CASTILLO: YEAH. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, FRED GARCIA MUNICIPAL CLERK.
COUNCILWOMAN, IT WILL VARY DEPENDING ON WHEN THAT CITATION IS TURNED OVER TO US. IF IT'S COMING FROM THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT MANY TIMES IT'S DIRECT. IT'S COLLECTED AND OVER A PERIOD OF DAYS OR MAYBE SOMETIMES WEEKS IT'S PICKED UP AND WE TAKE IT, SORT IT AND WE'LL TYPICALLY LOOK AT THE APPEARANCE DATE TO KIND OF DETERMINE WHICH CASES WE'RE GOING TO ENTER FIRST. BECAUSE AS I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE STAFF THAT ENTERS CASES EVERY SINGLE DAY, WE HAVE A SECTION THAT DOES JUST THAT AS DATA ENTRY.
THE SPECIAL ONES LIKE ACS AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, A LOT OF THOSE CASES MAY GET REVIEWED BY THE CITY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE AND THAT GETS TURNED IN UP THERE, THEY REVIEW THE PROCESS AND THEY'LL EITHER ACCEPT THE CASE OR REJECT THE CASE AND THAT GETS TURNED OVER TO OUR SECTION TO ENTER THAT CASE AND THEN GIVE IT A DATE.
MANY OF THOSE CITATIONS WILL HAVE A DATE GIVEN ON THE CITATION TO APPEAR.
SOME CITATIONS ARE WRITTEN TO BE NOTIFIED BY THE COURT, AND WHICH DATE WE -- AND WE PICK THE NEXT AVAILABLE ARRAIGNMENT DATE FOR THAT SPECIALTY COURT.
IF IT'S A CIVIL CASE, THE CIVIL ACS CASES OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES CASES, THOSE ARE GIVEN BY THOSE CODE OFFICERS AND THE -- WHEN THEY ISSUE THE CITATION. THOSE ARE THE DATES THAT WE ENTER INTO OUR SYSTEM AND THOSE ARE A LOT QUICKER TURNAROUND, QUICKER APPEARANCE DATE.
>> CASTILLO: AND THE DATA ENTRY IS IT MANUALLY OR IS THERE A SOFTWARE THAT
TRANSFERS THE DATA INTO -- >> COUNCILWOMAN, THAT'S A STRUGGLE WE HAVE CONSTANTLY. NOT UNIQUELY OURS. OF COURSE, COURTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE THIS NAME ISSUE. WE HAVE A LOT OF ELECTRONIC CITATIONS ON THE TRAFFIC SIDE, THE TRAFFIC OFFICERS HAVE ELECTRONIC DEVICES.
THOSE ARE ABOUT 65% OF THE CITATIONS ENTERED ARE CREATED.
THE REST, SINCE THERE'S 2600 POLICE OFFICERS AND MANY CODE OFFICERS AND ACS OFFICERS, THOSE ARE ALL PAPER TICKETS. AND SOMETIMES THEY MAY BE CHALLENGING TO GET THE CORRECT INFORMATION INTO OUR SYSTEM.
BUT IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME CONSUMING TO ENTER A PAPER TICKET THAN IT IS TO ENTER THE ELECTRONIC TICKETS. BUT EITHER WAY THEY'RE GOING TO COME IN, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ENTERED AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE SCHEDULED FOR AN
APPEARANCE. >> CASTILLO: I'M CURIOUS WITH THE UPCOMING BUDGET IF THERE IS OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL TO SECURE Y'ALL SOME TECHNOLOGY TO GET -- AND I
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KNOW IT DEPENDS ON WHICH DEPARTMENT IS ISSUING THE CITATION, BUT IF WE COULD GET THOSE DEPARTMENTS WITH APPROPRIATE SOFTWARE AND TECHNOLOGY SO THAT WAY IT'SJUST DIGITAL AND CONNECTS YOU TO MUNICIPAL COURT. >> IT HELPS.
>> CASTILLO: GREAT. THANK YOU, FRED. AND I WANTED TO THANK THE CHAIR AND I AM REALLY HOPEFUL OF WHAT'S GOING TO BE AGENDAIZED IN THIS COMMITTEE. I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN SEEING ANIMAL CARE SERVICE DATA WITHIN THE COURTS, PRE-AND POST [INDISCERNIBLE].
I KNOW IT WAS MENTIONED, JUDGE, THAT THEY'RE NO LONGER CIVIL.
FOLKS ARE GOING THE CRIMINAL ROUTE. >> MOSTLY.
THERE ARE STILL SOME THAT ARE BEING FILED CIVILLY, BUT THE MAJORITY ARE BEING FILED
CRIMINALLY. >> CASTILLO: I WOULD LIKE TO GET A LARGER BRIEFING AND HAVE A CONVERSATION ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. THANK YOU, CHAIR AND JUDGE.
>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU. THAT BRINGS US TO THE NEXT PART OF THE DISCUSSION WHICH I WOULD BE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN HEARING FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHAT ARE SOME FUTURE ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR FUTURE MEETINGS, HEARING ACS LOUD AND CLEAR. COUNCILWOMAN GAVITO.
>> GAVITO: THANK YOU, CHAIR. I AGREE.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN REALLY CONCERNING TO ME IS [INDISCERNIBLE] THE GENTLEMAN WHO GOT ATTACKED BY DOGS AND LOST HIS LEGS.
AND THEN I READ THAT THE COUPLE GOT CITED $400 AND STILL HAVE ANOTHER DOG.
AND I WAS LIKE, I JUST FEEL THAT THAT IS KIND OF A SLAP IN ALL OF OUR FACE, LIKE SOMETHING'S BROKEN. YOU KNOW, IF -- IF THAT COULD HAPPEN TO ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS IN THE CITY AND THAT'S THE PUNISHMENT IS JUST $400, AND THEY STILL HAVE ANOTHER DOG. SO I REALLY WOULD LOVE FOR US TO ASSESS THAT AND DIG IN TO SEE WHAT'S WRONG, WHAT'S BROKEN AND HOW DO WE NOT LET THAT TYPE OF CRIME KEEP HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY? BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING IT AGAIN AND AGAIN.
I DO ALSO THINK SOMETHING THAT COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO SAID IS IMPORTANT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THINGS DO SHIFT OVER TO THE COUNTY HOW WE KIND OF LOSE SIGHT OF IT. I'M CURIOUS WHAT WE COULD DO THERE SO THAT WAY WE CAN KIND OF FOLLOW THROUGH ON THAT PROCESS AND JUST MAKE SURE, LIKE, THINGS ARE CLOSED OUT, YOU KNOW, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT YEAH, I AM HYPER FOCUS ON MY PART FOR ACS AND THOSE TICKETS. THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN HAVRDA?
>> HAVRDA: I DO THINK IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN INVITE ACARS AS WELL AS PART OF A SYSTEMIC, EVALUATING IT SYSTEMICALLY. I THINK PART OF THE ISSUE, NOT TO GET TOO DEEP INTO IT HERE, IS WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP COSTS DOWN AT MUNICIPAL COURTS FOR OUR GENERAL -- NOT COSTS, BUT FEES DOWN SO THAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN AFFORD THEM AND THOSE THINGS DON'T ESCALATE WHERE LIKE YOU SAID, SOMETHING IN THERE IS GETTING BROKEN. THERE'S SOMETHING IN BETWEEN THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO CATCH. I THINK LOOKING AT IT MORE OF LIKE FROM CITATION TO RESOLUTION, IF THERE IS A RESOLUTION, RIGHT, IF THEY DO COME IN AND TAKE CARE OF THE ISSUE, WHICH A LOT OF THEM DON'T, LOOKING AT IT MORE SYSTEMICALLY MIGHT BE HELPFUL. WHEN IT COMES TO THE COUNTY ALSO, EVEN INVITING THEM, MAYBE THE CHIEF JUDGE FROM THE COUNTY OVER TO TALK ABOUT THE HANDOFF AS IT WERE, MAYBE THAT COULD COME DOWN THE LINE. THANK YOU.
>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU. AND COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO.
>> CASTILLO: I HAVE A COUPLE OF BULLET POINTS, BUT I THINK WE COULD BE BRIEFINGS TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE YOU COVER SUCH A WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES. I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE TRANSIENT AND URBAN PROGRAM AND AS WELL AS SOME DATA ON THE PUBLIC INTERSECTION HEARINGS AND WHERE WE STAND IN COMPARISON TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES. DO WE HAVE A HIGHER D.W.I.
RATE WITHIN DIFFERENT CITIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE DATA ON THEFT LESS THAN $100 AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND DISTRICT SPECIFICS. AND THEN I'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SECOND CHANCE HIRING PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE COUNTY AND/OR WITH MUNICIPAL COURTS AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW WE CAN WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO PRESENT WHAT THOSE SECOND CHANCE OPPORTUNITIES ARE. AND THEN OF COURSE I'D LIKE A BRIEFING ON THE SPECIAL DOCKETS FOR CODE COMPLIANCE.
BUT AGAIN, RIGHT, THESE CAN BE ONE ON ONE'S, NOT AGENDAIZED FOR EACH
COMMITTEE. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: WE'LL SEE, WE'LL SEE.
>> IF I MAY, I'D LOVE THAT INFORMATION TOO. MAYBE GENERAL.
>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: SOUNDS GOOD. LARGELY WHAT I'M HEARING IS RELATED TO ACS AND WHAT KIND OF OUTCOME, WHAT A WARRANTS OUTCOMES.
AND I THINK MAYBE BECAUSE OF THE HEIGHTENED INTEREST IN ACS IT MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO MAYBE AN ON-SITE MEETING OR SOMETHING MORE HANDS ON THAT
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WE CAN REALLY UNDERSTAND DIFFERENT PROCESSES AND LIKE I SAID EARLIER, CASE STUDIES ALMOST AS WELL AS A LITTLE BIT ON THE COUNTY FOLLOW-THROUGH AND OUR COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION THERE. AND AGAIN A HOST OF THE INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMS THAT YOU OFFER. SOUNDS LIKE THOSE ARE ALL PRIMED FOR OUR NEXT FEW MEETINGS. WE'LL ALSO IN DECEMBER -- IN OUR DECEMBER MEETING WE'RE GOING TO GET TO MEET THE REST OF THE JUDGES AND THEN WE'LL VERY QUICKLY BEGIN WORKING ON THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS FOR THOSE WHO AREGOING TO BE APPOINTED IN APRIL. >> RIGHT, I'M SORRY, WANTED TO ADDRESS SOMETHING COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO SAID. I FAILED TO MENTION WE WILL BE OPENING VERY SOON OUR RESOURCE, EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY ROOM.
COUNCILWOMAN HAVRDA GOT TO SEE IT THE OTHER DAY AND IT IS A COLLABORATION WITH VISION ZERO. WE HAVE TECHNOLOGY STATIONS, IT WAS ORIGINALLY FOR PEOPLE LOOKING TO GET THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE AND DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO A DESKTOP OR LAPTOP COMPUTER THAT IS USED BY DPS IN ORDER TO GET YOUR LICENSE.
THE OTHER THING IS THEY HAVE TO GET A PRINTED COPY OF THEIR CERTIFICATE AND WE PROVIDE THAT AS WELL. WHAT WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING IS EXPANDING THAT RESOURCE AND EDUCATION ROOM. CURRENTLY WE DO HAVE INFORMATION WITH -- ABOUT READY TO WORK THAT IS DISPLAYED EVERY SINGLE DAY. SO WE INCLUDE THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION IN THIS RESOURCE ROOM. ALSO AT THE ROAD READY DOCKET WE HAVE NEXT LEVEL PRESENT EVERY THURSDAY AS WELL AS WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS. SO IF THERE'S ANY YOUNG INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NOT COMPLETED THEIR HIGH SCHOOL -- WHO HAVE NOT GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL OR MAY BE LOOKING FOR DIFFERENT EMPLOYMENT, WE HAVE PERSONNEL IN THE COURT THAT CAN TALK TO THEM. I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THEM ONCE THEY LEAVE THE COURT AND WE JUST HAND THEM A CARD THAT SAYS CALL THESE FOLKS. THAT'S REALLY WHEN YOU LOSE THEM. WE'RE TRYING TO CATCH THEM BEFORE THEY LOSE THE
COURTHOUSE. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? WONDERFUL.
AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. WE MAY BE TEAM WHATABURGER, BUT WE ARE IN AND OUT OF THIS MEETING. WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 1:40 P.M. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.